Your Task: zListen to all the information you will learn about President Andrew Jackson. zAnalyze all the facts and decide for yourself … Should he be on the twenty dollar bill?

Background zAndrew Jackson was the ________________ zBorn: March 15, 1767 in Waxhaw, South Carolina. z_______son of immigrant parents from northern Ireland, Andrew Jackson and Elizabeth Hutchinson zHis father _______ in a logging _______ a few weeks before he was born

Tough Break Was six feet one inches tall, slender of build Described as having a _______ bearing and a _______ air. Was in _____ much of his adult life from _______ left in his body and from _______ which frequently drained his strength

Jackson the Military and Political Hero zAt 14 Jackson, _______________________________ ___________________________________________ zHe was taken _________ for a few weeks in April ________ zContracted _________ during imprisonment.  Grolier encyclopedia: Jackson “was widely acclaimed as the symbol of what the new American thought himself to be--a self-made man, son of the frontier, endowed with virtue and God-given strength because of his closeness to nature, and possessed of indomitable will and moral courage.”

Influence on Tennessee Territory zHe helped to create the state out of the western lands of _____________and helped to write the constitution of TN when it became a state. z_______ - TN was admitted into the ______ and became a ___.  First man elected from _________ to the House of Representatives, served briefly in the ___________.

Jackson the ____ of New Orleans zA major general in the __________, Jackson became a _______ _______when he defeated the British at ________on Jan. 8, zBritish losses of almost ______ dead and injured. American casualties were 6 killed and 10 wounded

A Softer Side of Jackson zThe Jacksons had ______ children, all ______. zOn the frontier battlefield, Andrew Jackson found a young _________whose parents had been killed, and had the child delivered to his home, where he was raised as a son. zThe Jacksons also served as ________ for several other children, which under the customs of the day meant that the Jacksons provided for the __________ of these children, who were mostly cousins, nieces, and nephews, but they did not _______ with the Jacksons.

*Continued Military success in the __________of which gave him wide name recognition *___________- Jackson had 99 electoral votes, Adams 84, Crawford 41, Clay, 37. Since there was no majority, the election went to the U.S. House of Representatives - ________ * Was elected in ______ and re- elected in _______ Jackson attempts the Presidency

Jackson The Animal z_________ is famous for the party he threw. zPeople from all walks of life rushed the ________________ _______________

National Bank Issue _____________________- a Government- sponsored_________________of which Jackson said "is trying to kill me, but I will kill it!" -Thought it was bad for the people -Jackson vetoed the bank’s re-charter bill -The bank went___________and closed

Jackson Another perspective As a child, Jackson had a penchant for drooling, which continued all his life. He would often _______ excessively when he spoke. He was _______ and ___________. He ________ school

Jackson’s Controversial Wife z Rachel Robards was the daughter of Jackson’s landlady. z She was _____________to Captain Lewis Roberts. z Jackson was immediately in love and they married in______under the belief that Captain Robards had received a legal divorce from the Virginia legislature. z Her first marriage, however was not dissolved until ________ z Jackson and Robards remarried in ________, but the charges that Jackson had _________another man’s wife and lived in ________plagued him his entire life.

In ____ Jackson killed Charles Dickinson, a fellow Nashville lawyer, in a _____ Jackson owned over ___________. He once offered a reward of ___for a runaway slave plus $10 extra dollars for every 100 lashes “to the amount of three hundred.” He spent large amounts of money on ______ and _________

zWhen Jackson became president, he promptly _______ his opponents from their federal _________ zHe replaced them with those who had been _______to him. zThis __________of American politics has now become _______. Jackson’s Kitchen Cabinet

This cartoon illustrates a perception of Jackson’s unofficial ____________________a group of close friends who advised him. Historians looking at his presidency have found him to be a poor administrator, to have strong prejudices, and a contempt for expert advice.

Misuse of Presidential Power? z Jackson vetoed a dozen pieces of legislation more than the first six presidents put together z In ___________________ the Supreme Court ruled that the State of Georgia did not have any jurisdiction over the _________________ z On hearing of the ruling, the President is said to have replied, ___________has made his ruling, now let him enforce it. z President Andrew Jackson defied the decision of the court and ordered the removal, an act of defiance that established the U.S. government’s precedent for the removal of __________________

Indian Removal Act zUnder orders from President Jackson and in defiance of the U.S. Supreme Court, the _________ began ________ of the Removal Act. zThe __________were rounded up in the summer of ________and loaded onto boats that traveled the Tennessee, Ohio, Mississippi and Arkansas Rivers into Indian Territory. Many were held in prison camps awaiting their fate. z__________________ An estimated _________ died from hunger, exposure and disease.

Legacy of Andrew Jackson zCelebrated __________ zFought for the _______ of the people except that only meant adult white males zThe emergence of a solid _________________. The modern _________ Party was founded under Jackson. z________for many men became a career zForcibly _________ the Native Americans